We offer student leadership roles to help students develop a sense of responsibility. Like many schools, we ask students to complete an application for their preferred job. Included on the application is a question/answer section. I hope you enjoy the comments as much as we did!Jenn Hartman, PrincipalNorth Cedar Elementary, IAWhy would you like to work at this job? *They all sound so, so fun….s...

The Leader in Me book was published only 28 months ago and there are now over 400 schools on the path to creating a culture of leadership and, as of today, 14 that have achieved Lighthouse Status. Witnessing the transformational change these schools are experiencing has been amazing.When I think of the difference The Leader in Me makes in the life of a child, I am both proud and humbled by the ...

Third Creek Elementary School in Statesville, NC is in the community spotlight as they experience promising results after just a few months of implementing The Leader in Me leadership development process. Discipline referrals are decreasing dramatically, and children starting feel the impact of the 7 Habits on their school culture.Click here to download the article.Iredell_thumbnail

The picture below illustrates an activity we recently did—students commented about how they saw each other as a leader. This continued until each student had at least three positive comments. The students loved it and it was a big deposit in their Emotional Bank Account.Matt Miller, PrincipalStanton Elementary, MObulletin_board

When we began The Leader in Me process we knew we wanted to involve our local Chamber of Commerce and our local Rotary. Our community and business leaders have so much to teach our students about leadership, community involvement, networking, public speaking, greetings, and more—things that are difficult to teach in a classroom.We have seen spectacular results in such a short time! Our discipli...

On May 17, 2011, Sean Covey and Muriel Summers will be in Muscatine for the Iowa Educational Leadership Summit. The event includes workshops, key notes, and visits to classrooms.In the fall of 2010, Muscatine Schools initiated innovative programs from K- 12^th grade. At the elementary level, teachers have embraced training in The Leader In Me™, a program designed to help children develop leaders...

Since 2008, the staff of McLees Elementary School has been busy! They have participated in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Signature Training that I taught. They have done a book study on The Leader in Me and the staff has experienced Vision and Implementation Day.In 2010, they introduced the eight habits to their students and they have continued to implement the habits throughout our c...

In the past, moving a kid out of Reading Intervention didn’t happen often—but this year is different. My veteran teacher is quoted as saying; I have never had kids move out of the program this quickly. The only thing I changed was setting goals with the kids and having them track their strategies every week. Pretty incredible! The second piece of data is also amazing – we read more books last q...

At the beginning of the year we focus on each habit for an entire week, it is a great review for returning students and introduces the habits to new students. We use 7 Habits bags as one way to do this. Each week, the students are given an object to go in their 7 Habits bag. If a habit has been discussed or is a goal, the students can wear the necklace or use the object to anchor themselves.Eac...

Today I spoke with my first graders about what habit they practice often and how they apply it. Below are a few of the responses I received that I felt captured the essence of the habit, showing the student’s solid understanding of the selected habit.“I Think Win-Win. When my friend comes to my house and we want to do different things, I tell them about win-win and then we think of how we can p...